100 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU LEAVE PLEASANT STREET PRESCHOOL
1. Go to the zoo with all of your friends (field trip!)
2. Raise baby chicks
3. Master snapping or buttoning your own pants
4. Play with kittens or puppies
5. Catch a bug
6. Make a gigantic mess
7. Help clean up a gigantic mess
8. Make a paper boat to sail
9. Look at the clouds and the shapes they make
10. Try ice-skating (field trip!)
11. Go sledding (or at least get pulled around on one!)
12. Make a snow-man
13. Blow bubbles
14. Plant seeds and watch them grow
15. Have a pillow fight
16. Jump in a puddle
17. Visit a farm (field trip!)
18. Set up a tent
19. Learn to whistle
20. Build a sandcastle
21. Dig for worms
22. Go on a hike (field trip!)
23. Build a block tower taller than yourself
24. Discover your favorite book
25. Learn to hold hands and look both ways
26. Work a puzzle all by yourself
27. Find your own country on the globe
28. Carve a pumpkin
29. Catch the run-away class bunny
30. Realize you can have a good day, even if your favorite blankie got left at home
31. Make cookies from scratch
32. Decorate a cake (with a little help!)
33. Try foods you’ve never tasted (Just take a “hello bite.”)
34. Go to a museum (field trip!)
35. Play hide-and-seek (without peeking!)
36. Learn a joke- tell it over and over and over again
37. Play “Go Fish”
38. Master the art of catching and kicking a ball
39. Learn that thunder cannot hurt you -even if it does sound scary
40. Leap through the sprinkler
41. Be tickled into a fit of giggles
42. Paint a beautiful picture and hang it proudly for all to see
43. Learn to use scissors (with only one hand!)
44. Learn to use glue properly “Dot, dot, not a lot.”
45. Try to take pictures with a camera
46. Make something out of clay
47. Pick flowers
48. Climb a tree
49. Learn to recognize the Big Dipper
50. Make s’mores
51. Learn to eat an ice-cream cone (without dropping it!)
52. Watch a butterfly hatch out of its cocoon
53. Learn to write your own name
54. Watch a tadpole grow into a frog
55. Learn the life cycle of a plant
56. Set the table for snack
57. Tie your own shoes
58. Watch fireworks (field trip!)
59. Learn to use good manners (without being reminded!)
60. Clean up your own toys
61. Put your coat on all by yourself
62. Get your face painted
63. Put on a play
64. Save your pennies and donate to a charity
65. Learn your favorite songs by heart
66. Dance the Hokey-Pokey
67. Learn that sometimes even best friends disagree
68. Get dropped off at preschool without any tears
69. Learn the name of our president
70. Learn the name of your town, state and country
71. Learn how to say “hello” in other languages
72. Listen to music from all over the world
73. Compost your leftovers
74. Learn the difference between trash and recycling
75. Grow your own vegetables
76. Bounce on a bouncy ball
77. Write your name in sidewalk chalk
78. Learn to ride a tricycle
79. Master the art of hula-hooping
80. Learn the difference between skipping, hopping and jumping
81. Try to spell your name from the letters in your alphabet soup
82. Pick apples from an orchard (field trip!)
83. Master counting to 100
84. Send a letter to Santa
85. Make your own scrapbook
86. Learn to make a cape, a skirt, a bag and a tent- out of an ordinary blanket
87. Give away toys and books to less fortunate children
88. Learn the value of coins and bills
89. Learn to tell time
90. Believe in fairies
91. Ride on a merry-go-round (field trip!)
92. Get a milk mustache
93. Learn to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich- all by yourself
94. Master the art of sharing- even if it’s your FAVORITE toy
95. Make a clover chain
96. Dance in the rain
97. Make a snow angel
98. Rest quietly at naptime- even if you can’t sleep
99. Give up your pacifier and your diapers- but maybe not your teddy
100. Enjoy being a preschooler- every day